Dictionary entry

Covenant (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cov″e‐nant (k?v″?–n?nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Covenanted; p. pr. & vb. n.Covenanting.] To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.

Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry,... as the tenant should direct.

L'Estrange.

And they covenanted with him for thyrty pieces of silver.

Matt. xxvi. 15.

Syn. — To agree; contract; bargain; stipulate.